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1245. Broadwoven and Knit Fabrics--Shipments, Foreign Trade, and Apparent Consumption

[Fabric blends as shown in the CIR report, MQ22T are reported based on the chief weight of the fiber; whereas, fabrics blendsas shown for imports are based on the chief value of the fiber.Apparent consumption represents new domestic supply and is derivedby subtracting exports for the total manufacturers' shipmentsplus imports. For description of methodology, see below table]
 
1998 1998
Percent Percent
Manu- imports Exports of domestic exports
Product description factures' Imports for consumption to manu- merchandise to manu- Apparent
shipments facturers' facturers' consump-
(quantity) Quantity Value 1 shipments Quantity Value shipments tion
($1,000) ($1,000) (quantity)
 
PRODUCTION AND APPARENT CONSUMPTION
BROADWOVEN FABRICS
(quantity 1,000 sq. meters)
 
Cotton fabrics 3 3,974,463 1,563,075 1,678,463 39.3 309,440 711,702 7.8 5,228,098
  Cheesecloth and batistes                                                                 611,131 70,857 38,019 11.6 23,265 47,666 3.8 658,723
  Print cloth                                                                 152,388 297,307 152,149 195.1 9,236 19,872 6.1 440,459
  Poplin and broadcloth                                                                 47,552 232,871 178,366 489.7 25,575 83,060 53.8 254,848
    Weighing 59 ounces or less per square yard                                                                 (D) 231,416 173,987 (D) 16,526 57,531 (D) (D)
    Weighing more than 59 ounces per square yard                                                                 (D) 1,455 4,379 (D) 9,049 25,529 (D) (D)
  Duck including tape warp                                                                 32,597 128,848 111,977 395.3 8,313 20,252 25.2 153,132
  Sheeting                                                                 798,662 237,648 159,857 29.3 10,245 23,584 1.3 1,026,065
  Twills and sateens                                                                 697,232 224,024 279,769 32.1 60,870 116,755 8.7 860,386
  Oxfords                                                                 52,092 10,693 18,119 20.5 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
  All other constructions                                                                 181,485 97,266 195,230 53.6 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
  Blue denim                                                                 794,216 153,188 278,868 19.3 134,906 312,479 17.0 812,498
  Yarn dyed fabric                                                                 165,398 88,100 183,790 53.3 31,327 66,746 18.9 222,171
  Pile fabric except terry, including yarn dyed                                                                 (D) 19,110 75,745 (D) 4,496 17,365 (D) (D)
  Terry, including yarn dyed                                                             (D) 3,163 6,574 (D) 1,207 3,923 (D) (D)
 
Manmade fiber fabrics                                                                 9,616,057 1,107,941 1,367,862 11.5 448,613 992,696 4.7 10,275,385
 
  85% or more Filament yarn fabrics                                                                 5,186,359 585,538 712,944 11.3 250,155 541,452 4.8 5,521,742
    Nylon and polyester high tenacity                                                                 67,826 14,378 32,150 21.2 29,422 71,012 43.4 52,782
    Rayon high tenacity fabric                                                                 (D) 634 1,487 (D) 6,327 15,909 (D) (D)
    Typewriter fabric                                                                 (D) 11 50 (D) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Rayon or acetate filament yarn fabrics                                                                 275,676 20,567 85,288 7.5 17,500 36,974 6.3 278,743
    Polyester filament yarn fabric                                                                 695,530 288,685 415,970 41.5 89,233 152,650 12.8 894,982
    Glass fiber fabric                                                                 388,845 47,755 51,780 12.3 17,308 48,821 4.5 419,292
    Nylon filament yarn fabric                                                                 246,183 49,527 55,887 20.1 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    85% or more filament yarn obtained from strip                                                                                   0 137,545 28,826 (NA) 14,837 33,081 (NA) 122,708
    All other filament yarn fabric                                                                 3,451,982 26,436 41,506 0.8 75,528 183,005 2.2 3,402,890
 
  85 percent or more spun yarn fabric                                                                 3,240,018 276,410 305,840 8.5 155,783 336,722 4.8 3,360,645
    Cheesecloth and batistes                                                                 111,510 11,643 7,326 10.4 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Poplin and broadcloth                                                                 (D) 82,059 57,833 (D) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
      poly/cotton blends weighing less than 50 ounces per square yard                                 287,613 73,014 44,405 25.4 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
      poly/cotton blends weighing more than 50 ounces per square yard                                                   29,857 1,970 2,211 6.6 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
      All other spun yarns                                                                 (D) 7,075 11,217 (D) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Print cloth                                                                 493,827 52,496 26,095 10.6 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Duck                                                                 (D) 7,121 6,127 (D) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Sheeting                                                                 1,445,707 25,647 28,247 1.8 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
      poly/cotton weighing 50 ounces or less per square yard                                                                 (D) 18,526 9,609 (D) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
      poly/cotton weighing more than 50 ounces per square yard                                                                 (D) 206 285 (D) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
      All other spun yarn                                                                 140,271 6,915 18,353 4.9 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Sateens or Twills                                                                 399,703 59,203 48,657 14.8 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Oxford                                                                 33,643 12 27 _ (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    All other spun manmade fabrics                                                                 135,016 22,254 64,599 16.5 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Yarn dyed fabric                                                                 189,864 4,653 6,376 2.5 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Pile fabrics                                                                 53,341 11,322 60,553 21.2 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
  Spun/filament yarn combinations, including yarn dyed                                                                 1,189,680 245,993 349,078 20.7 42,675 114,522 3.6 1,392,998
    Poplin and broadcloth                                                                                 365,314 119,524 101,234 32.7 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Sheeting                                                                                 (D) 6,953 14,403 (D) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Print cloth                                                                                 265,750 34,082 21,368 12.8 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
  (D) 22,059 57,498 (D) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    All other                                                                                 431,368 63,375 154,575 14.7 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
  Chiefly manmade/wool blends                                                                 30,008 9,739 33,043 32.5 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
 
Silk fabrics                                                                 382 31,470 299,883 8,235.9 2,608 20,630 682.5 29,244
Wool fabrics                                                                 110,546 32,674 317,680 29.6 15,251 80,796 13.8 127,969
 
SHIPMENTS AND APPARENT CONSUMPTION
OF KNIT FABRICS
(quantity in 1,000 kilograms)
 
    Total                     883,780 107,877 907,618 12.2 71,174 600,897 8.1 (NA)
 
Pile fabrics                                                                                                                 80,558 35,763 312,688 44.4 20,210 180,668 25.1 (NA)
  Long pile fabrics                     32,359 2,054 14,662 6.3 2,308 20,794 7.1 (NA)
  Looped pile fabrics                                                                                 36,396 11,694 75,057 32.1 5,667 78,822 15.6 (NA)
    Of cotton fibers                                                                                                       (D) 788 6,402 (D) 19 244 (D) (NA)
    Of manmade fibers                                                                                     (D) 10,486 61,802 (D) 4,362 73,048 (D) (NA)
    Of other fibers             &nbs